bancakan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed bancak (“the container of tumpeng”) +‎ -an, from Javanese ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦏꦤ꧀ (bancakan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈt͡ʃakan/
• Hyphenation: ban‧cak‧an

Noun

bancakan (plural bancakan-bancakan)

1. slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event

   Synonyms: kenduri, sedekah, selamatan

2. (Java) dish(es) of food made available at such a feast
3. (figurative, derogatory) something, such as money, distributed with corruptive nature, referring to previous definition and Sekaten tradition of tumpeng distribution

Further reading

• “bancakan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bancakan

1. Romanization of ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦏꦤ꧀